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internal combustion engine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.

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noun

Meaning 2

A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.

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  • Afrikaans: binnebrandenjin — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Arabic: مُحَرِّك اِحْتِرَاق دَاخِلِيّ (muḥarrik iḥtirāq dāḵiliyy) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Armenian: ներքին այրման շարժիչ (nerkʻin ayrman šaržičʻ) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Asturian: motor de combustión interna — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Azerbaijani: daxili yanma mühərriki — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Bashkir: эске яныулы двигатель (eske yanıwlı dvigatelʹ) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Basque: barne-errekuntzako motor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Belarusian: рухавік унутранага згарання (ruxavik unutranaha zharannja) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Bengali: অন্তর্দহন ইঞ্জিন (ontordohon injin) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Breton: keflusker dre enleskiñ — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Bulgarian: двигател с вътрешно горене (dvigatel s vǎtrešno gorene) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Burmese: အတွင်းလောင် အင်ဂျင် (a.twang:laung anggyang) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Catalan: motor de combustió interna — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Chechen: чура ягаран мотор (čura jagaran motor) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內燃機 /内燃机 (nèiránjī) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Chuvash: шалти ҫунӑм мотторӗ (šalt̬i ś̬unăm mottorĕ) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Czech: motor s vnitřním spalováním — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Czech: spalovací motor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Danish: forbrændingsmotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Dutch: interne verbrandingsmotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Esperanto: eksplodmotoro — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Estonian: sisepõlemismootor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Finnish: polttomoottori — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • French: moteur à combustion interne — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • French: moteur à explosion — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Galician: motor de combustión interna — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Georgian: შიგაწვის ძრავა (šigac̣vis ʒrava) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Georgian: შიგაწვის ძრავი (šigac̣vis ʒravi) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • German: Verbrennungsmotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Greek: μηχανή εσωτερικής καύσης (michaní esoterikís káfsis) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Greek: κινητήρας εσωτερικής καύσης (kinitíras esoterikís káfsis) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Hebrew: מנוע בעירה פנימית — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Hindi: अन्तर्दहन इंजन (antardahan iñjan) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Hungarian: belső égésű motor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Icelandic: sprengihreyfill — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Ido: motoro per interna explozo — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Ido: motoro di interna kombusto — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Indonesian: mesin pembakaran dalam — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Indonesian: motor bakar pembakaran dalam — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Irish: inneall dócháin inmheánaigh — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Italian: motore a combustione interna — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Italian: motore a scoppio — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Japanese: 内燃機関 (nainen kikan) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Kannada: ಅಂತರ್ದಹನ ಇಂಜಿನ್ (antardahana iñjin) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Kazakh: іштен жану қозғалтқышы (ışten janu qozğaltqyşy) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនចំហេះក្នុង (maasiincɑmhehknong) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Korean: 내연 기관 (naeyeon gigwan) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Kyrgyz: ичинен күймө кыймылдаткыч (icinen küymö kıymıldatkıc) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Latvian: iekšdedzes dzinējs — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Lithuanian: vidaus degimo variklis — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Luxembourgish: Verbrennungsmotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Macedonian: мотор со внатрешно согорување (motor so vnatrešno sogoruvanje) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Malay: enjin pembakaran dalam — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Malayalam: ആന്തരിക ദഹന യന്ത്രം (āntarika dahana yantraṁ) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Māori: mīhini tahu o roto — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Marathi: अंतर्गत ज्वलन इंजिन (antargat jvalan iñjin) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Mongolian: дотоод шаталтын хөдөлгүүр (dotood šataltyn xödölgüür) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Nepali: आन्तरिक दहन इन्जिन (āntarik dahan injina) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forbrenningsmotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forbrenningsmotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Persian: درونسوز — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Persian: موتور درونسوز — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Polish: silnik o spalaniu wewnętrznym — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Portuguese: motor a explosão — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Portuguese: motor de combustão interna — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Punjabi: ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਦਹਿਨ ਇੰਜਣ (andarūnī dahin iñjaṇ) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Quechua: rawray kuyuchina — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Romanian: motor cu ardere internă — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Russian: дви́гатель вну́треннего сгора́ния (dvígatelʹ vnútrennevo sgoránija) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Serbo-Croatian: motor sa unutrašnjim sagorevanjem — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Serbo-Croatian: motor s unutrašnjim sagorijevanjem — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Sinhalese: අභ්යන්තර දහන එන්ජිම (abhyantara dahana enjima) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Slovak: motor s vnútorným spaľovaním — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Slovene: motor z notranjim zgorevanjem — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Spanish: motor de combustión interna — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Swedish: förbränningsmotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Tagalog: loob-liyabing likhisog — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Tajik: муҳаррики дарунсӯз (muharrik-i darunsüz) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Tamil: உள் எரி பொறி (uḷ eri poṟi) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Telugu: అంతర్గత దహన యంత్రం (antargata dahana yantraṁ) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Thai: เครื่องยนต์สันดาปภายใน — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Turkish: içten yanmalı motor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Ukrainian: двигу́н вну́трішнього згоря́ння (dvyhún vnútrišnʹoho zhorjánnja) — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Urdu: اندرونی احتراقی محرکیہ — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Uzbek: ichki yonuv dvigateli — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Vietnamese: động cơ đốt trong — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Volapük: motor nifilükamik — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Volapük: nifilükamamotor — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Welsh: peiriant tanio mewnol — a piston or a rotary heat engine
  • Yiddish: אינטערנל קאָמבאַסטשען ענזשין (internl kombastshen enzhin) — a piston or a rotary heat engine